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    under anaerobic conditions. Actinomyces species may form endospores, and while individual bacteria are rod-shaped, Actinomyces colonies form fungus-like...
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    Actinomyces israelii is a species of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria within the genus Actinomyces. Known to live commensally on and within humans, A...
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    griseus was first described in 1914 by Krainsky, who called the species Actinomyces griseus. The name was changed in 1948 by Waksman and Henrici to Streptomyces...
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  • isolated from a human blood sample and belonging to the genus Actinomyces. The genus name, Actinomyces, borrows from the Greek words "aktinos" and "mykēs" which...
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    known as "Actinomyces naeslundi genospecies 2" were reclassified under the new species name Actinomyces oris. Those formerly known as "Actinomyces naeslundi...
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    Actinomyces bovis is a branching, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Actinomyces. It is the causative agent of lumpy jaw in cattle, and occasionally...
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  • viscosus infection symptoms are indistinguishable from Actinomyces israelii infection symptoms or Actinomyces bovis infection symptoms. A. israelii and A. bovis...
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    Actinomyces species. The name refers to ray-like appearance of the organisms in the granules. About 70% of infections are due to either Actinomyces israelii...
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  • bacteraemia in very rare cases. Gleimia europaea is formerly known as Actinomyces europaeus. It comes from the domain of gram-positive actinobacteria....
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  • Gil, Y.; Saez-Nieto, J. A. (2010). "Soft Tissue Infections Caused by Actinomyces neuii, a Rare Pathogen". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48 (4): 1508–1509...
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